Only 36 more sleeps until Wye Oak UK tour

Wye Oak have shaken things up for their new album, ‘Shriek’, which was released this week on City Slang to torrents of praise. Now, with their UK tour just over a month away, they reveal a new video for lead single ‘Glory’.‘Glory’, currently in heavy rotation at BBC 6music, has received high praise across press & radio. The track showcases the Baltimore duo’s drastically new approach to songwriting, with guitars swapped for bass, and keyboards leading the way for Jenn Wasner’s vocals, which sound richer & more heady than ever before.

The new video was created by by Michael Patrick O’Leary and Ashley North Compton. In their words it: “explores an internal and external power struggle and a fear of loss of control—through the lens of youth, anxiety, ease and tension”.

Having already road-tested the new material at SXSW, Coachella, an intimate show at The Lexington in London a couple of months ago plus a US tour with Future Islands, Wye Oak will be returning to Europe for a full UK tour throughout May and June. They have also been added to the line up for this year’s End of the Road Festival.The band’s full list of European dates is:28.05. Vienna AT – Chelsea29.05. Prague CZ – Meet Factory31.05. Mannheim DE – Maifeld Derby Festival02.06. Cologne DE – Studio 67203.06. Hamburg DE – Prinzenbar04.06. Berlin DE – Lido05.06. Munich DE – Strom07.06. Kleinreifling AT – Seewiesen Festival09.06. Paris FR – Le Point Ephemere 10.06. London UK – Islington Assembly Hall11.06. Manchester UK – Soup Kitchen12.06. Leeds UK – The Brudenell Social Club13.06. Glasgow SCT – King Tuts14.06. Dublin IRL – The Sugar Club15.06. Belfast IRL – McHughs Basement29 – 31.08 Dorset UK – End of the Road Festival

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